Magnified photos expose the secret beauty of sand grains

When you head to the beach on a hot summer day, the glimmering ocean waves capture your attention. But a series of magnifiedphotographs may inspire you to turn your gaze to the sand, where little-seen beauty lies right underfoot.

The grains come from diverse beaches around the world, reaching from Okinawa, Japan to Maui, Hawaii to Smith Mountain Lake, Va. Each fragment is unique in character and remarkably beautiful.

Greenberg's website explains that he has spent his life “revealing the secret beauty of nature.” With the help of high-quality microscopes, he creates “spectacular landscapes of worlds beyond our everyday perception — worlds where reality is seen as abstract form and color, motion and texture.”

To see more of Greenberg's microphotography, including magnified images of food, flowers and the human body, visit his website.

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